Unemployment by sex and age - annual data

In 2024, Belgium's unemployment by sex and age increased by 8.1% compared to 2023, reaching 17.4%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.9%.

Belgium ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 20.0% (from 14.5% in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset une_rt_a, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.